Today during our tutorial Writing Workshop, we were so happy to welcome back APUSH veterans to offer writing advice! They worked individually with current students to help develop AP writing skills, and offered the following tips: -Argumentation in thesis is crucial. if it's not argumentative, you probably don't understand the prompt. -Evidence is important and you MUST develop relevance to thesis -Plan! Organize what you'll say before writing anything -Your writing should be clear and concise, not pretty -It's not AP English (we have a whole powerpoint devoted to the differences under "Writing Tips") -Conclusion and topic sentences must relate back to thesis Special thanks to Misses Caggia, Chen, Haymond, Kharod, Le, Morse, Ryu, and Sarkar for stopping by to help our current students!
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Today we continued our thesis statement practice in preparation for Friday's in class essay. We followed that with a brief examination of excerpts from the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist Papers. We wrapped up class with a DocBlock over the political cartoon "The Federal Edifice" in support of ratifying the Constitution.
Don't forget, Chapter 7 is due tomorrow and also that the Exam has been moved from Monday, 10/3 to Tuesday, 10/4 and Chapter 8 which was due Tuesday is now due Monday. Some of the Chapter 8 information is on the exam so this is a good thing :) H Today we took the Chapter 6 Quiz. We then spent some quality time on thesis statements then discussed the Constitutional Convention and completed a DocBlock over a pair of letters between Abigail Adams and her husband John.
Don't forget, Chapter 7 is due Wednesday! H Today we took some class time to preview and analyze some questions from the Chapter 6 quiz and to talk about your note-taking and study patterns. We also took time to peer grade the essays and then turned them in. The remainder of our time was dedicated to a discussion of Shay's rebellion and the failures of the Articles of Confederation.
Don't forget, the Chapter 6 REAL quiz will be Monday! H Today's activities were the reverse of yesterday's with Mr. Hutchison's classes completing the Revolution stations and Mr. Richardson's discussing the Revolution through the eyes of various populations. Tonight you need to complete your essay final drafts for tomorrow's peer grading. Your essays should have the following:
Split activities today as Mr. Richardson's classes completed stations on the Revolution and War for Independence including content and primary source, secondary source, image, and data analysis. Mr. Hutchison's classes examined the effects of the Revolution on various sub-populations through a DocBlock over Joseph Plumb Martin's memoirs. a set of secondary source summaries of different populations and a debate between two historian's perspectives. We also discussed body paragraphs in Hutchison's room today and you need to write a rough draft body paragraph tonight for review tomorrow. HERE is a link to the slides we used in class.
H We began our analysis of the nuances of the American Revolution today by discussing the antecedents to American constitutional democracy, then exploring differing perspectives on the Battle of Lexington & Concord through primary sources, and the Declaration of Independence through secondary sources. We then spent a little time peer editing the essay intro paragraphs.
Don't forget the Chapter 6 due date has been moved to Friday. Also, Mr. Hutchison's 2nd period class will meet in Mr. Richardson's room Wednesday and Mr. Richardson's 1st and 2nd periods will meet in Mr. Hutchison's room. H We finished up lit circles from Friday then discussed how such a divided population could unite in such a short time to lead a successful revolution. We used some documents relating to the Stamp Act as a microcosm of the changes happening in America after the French & Indian War and the differences between the colonists and those back in England. We wrapped up this phase of discussion with a brief DocBlock covering excerpts from Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
Homework tonight is to take the notes I made on your thesis statements here on the website, revise the statements accordingly, then write an introductory paragraph rough draft which includes the thesis statement as the final sentence. H Check out the body paragraphs ppt under Exam Review -> Writing Tips, near the right middle of the page. Write an introductory (funnel!) paragraph and body paragraph to review in class by Wednesday.
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